The Sweetest Fig

“The Sweetest Fig” is a book written by Chris Van Allsburg. The story was about a snobby dentist who helped an old lady, but instead of getting money, he got two magical figs. The book followed the dentist- Monsieur Bibot, as he found out about the figs abilities to make dreams a reality. “The Sweetest Fig” reminded me of Beauty and the Beast in a way, getting something magical from an old lady and being “cursed”. But, in this case Bibot was turned into his dog after it ate a magic fig and not turned into a beast. I think that this story is trying to tell people to not be greedy and consumed by desires because something bad may happen. Personally, I really liked the plot twist in the story because of how unexpected it was, I wouldn’t have guessed the the dog would eat the fig. I had a feeling that Bibot would try gain wealth from the fig, since that’s how his character was portrayed; a snobby, money-driven person. I wouldn’t say that this was my favourite book ever, but it was still good, in my opinion it was too easy to guess that the dentist would try to be greedy with the figs. With that said however, the story does tell us the consequences for being too greedy, it won’t be good.